By reviewing the research on this subject, two University of Colorado Boulder scientists have demonstrated that this is not the case with respect to elements of the innate immune system that come from ...

The system, they added, “… demonstrates that horizontal gene transfer, the role of which in eukaryotic regulatory evolution is a subject of intense debate, can re-shape complex regulatory ...

Soon, evidence that Mavericks contained genes encoding viral elements, such as a capsid and a DNA polymerase, started to surface. " The evolution of transposons and viruses is tightly intertwined ...

One of the most long-standing, fundamental mysteries of biology surrounds the poorly understood origins of introns. Introns are segments of noncoding DNA that must be removed from the genetic code ...

New compact model for gene regulation in higher organisms Date: December 6, 2020 Source: Institute of Science and Technology Austria Summary: Genes can be turned on and off as needed to adapt to ...

They concluded that horizontal gene transfers had been major drivers of evolution on both sides: Viruses often used the eukaryotic genes they acquired to become more effective at infecting their hosts ...

In the journal Nature Microbiology, Dr. Irwin and his colleagues explained how they used complex computational analyses to search for evidence of identical genes present in viruses and eukaryotes.

Chlorarachniophytes are marine protists that have acquired photosynthetic capacity by engulfing and retaining a chlorophyte green alga through secondary endosymbiosis. This process has been an ...

More information: Enrique M. Muro et al, The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).